Automobile window



Nov. 22, 1927.

M. R. HULL ET AL AUTOMOBILE WINDOW Filed Oct. 21. 1925 amour/io a neg andHMa MatthM/RHMZZ Patented Nov. 22, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MATTHEW B. HULL AND BOLAN D H. MONEY, OF CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOBS T REX MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA, A CORPORA- TION OF INDIANA.

AUTOMOBILE WINDOW.

Application filed October 21, 1925. Serial No. 63,988.

Our invention relates to a window for automobiles having closed bodies and a prin cipal object of the invention is to provide a window by which ventilation can be effected with great efliciency. In the use of closed cars it has been found that there is considerable difficulty in procuring satisfactory ventilation without causing disagreeable drafts of cold air and without admitting rain or snow in bad weather. Our invention provides a window which does away to a great extent with the difficulties heretofore experienced and which may be opened or closed with a minimum of difliculty and inconvenience.

Referring to the accompanying drawings which are made a part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure l is a side elevation of our device in position on an automobile body,

Figure 2, a transverse section, and

Figure 3, a detail of a part shown in Figure 1.

In the drawings reference character 10 indicates a window frame forming a part of the body of the vehicle which window frame may be of any conventional or desirable construction. The window 11 is provided with a suitable frame 12 along one side and the bottom, which frame may if desired extend all the way about the window and which in this instance consists of a strip of sheet metal U-sha ed in cross section, this sheet metal being cut about the edge of the glass.

An ear 13 is struck up at one edge of the sheet metal at the bottom of the window to provide a convenient hand grip. A rod 14 is enclosed by the sheet metal 12 at the for ward edge of the window and said rod is pivoted 1n the upper and lower members of the window frame. A rockarm 15 is secured to the rod below the lower member in any convenient way and said rockarm is pivotally connected by a rivet 17 or otherwise to a link 16 which in turn is attached to a spring 18 secured to the window frame by a bracket 19 having a hook 20 engaging a coil of the spring.

As will readily be understood from consideration of Figures 2 and 3 the spring 18 is a double-acting one holding the window either in open or closed position, this b reason of the fact that the hook 20 whic forms the point of attachment of the spring,

the lower end of rod 14 and the pivot 17' are normally out of line, the pivot 17 being free to move to one side or the other of a line connecting the points 14 and 20. When the window is pushed outward it will take the position indicated in dotted lines at 21 while the rockarm 15 and the link 16 will assume the positions indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. Contrariwise when the window is closed the parts will swing to the position indicated in full lines. The various parts cooperating to open and close the window may be so proportioned that the window can be very easily opened and closed.

When the window is open a very considerable draft of air will enter the body of the car and this will travel substantially in a forward direction but will be broken up and distributed so as not to be unduly violent and thus will not cause discomfort to the occupants of the car. 7

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes may be made in our device without departin from the spirit of the invention and theref ore we do not limit ourselves to what is shown in the drawin and described in the specification but on y as indicated in the appended claims.

Having thus fully described our said invention which we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. The combination in an automobile of a window casing, a window frame in said window casing, a rod non-rotatably connected to said window frame and projecting into said casing for supporting the window frame, a link non-rotatably connected to said rod with its free end swing-able in an are, a second link connected to the free end of the first mentioned link, and a spring connected to said second link for holding the window in opened or closed position, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in an automobile of a window casing by means of a window frame mounted 1n said window casing, a rod non-rotatably connected to said window frame and projecting into said casing at one end and through the casing at the other end, a link non-rotatably connected to the In witness whereof, we havehereunto set last mentioned end of sald rod with its free our hands at Connersville, Indiana, this end swingable in an arc, a. second link con- 15th day of October, A. D. nineteen hun- 10 nected to the free end of the first mentioned dred and twenty-five.

5 link, and as ring connected to said second 'link for hol ing the window in opened or MATTHEW R. HULL. closed position, substantially as set forth. ROLAND H. MONEY. 

